Tractor wheel



April 5, 1932. CLOUD 1,852,954

TRACTOR WHEEL Filed Aug. 11, 1930 Z0517 Cg qgg ATTORNEY 1 construct "my tractor wheel that whatever soft earth or dirt contacts with the wheel, f moved sidewise and out of the wheel, thereby .work. -Where the ground is sandy,

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TRACTOR? WHEEL Application filed Augustll, 1930. Seria1tNo..474,533/' This invention; relates to tractor wheels in general and particularly .to the kind adapted to be useful in connection with work in sticky or wet earth, and especially in field soft or wet, the ordinary type of tractor the tendency to packthe ground especially between what is known as traction flights, which packing makes the wheels practically useless after a period of working time.

The primary object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a tractor wheel which will eliminate the disadvantages found in present,

day tractor wheels and particularly prevent packing.

Another object of 'myinvention is to so automatically cleaning the traction surface of the latter. I j

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out or will become apparent as the specificationproceeds. V

With the above ind cated ob ects in view, the inventlon resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangement of parts, clearlydescribed in the following specification and fully illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, which latter show embodiments of the invention as at Y present preferred. 7 I

In the drawings:

Fig. .1 is a side elevation of;my tractor wheel illustrating the outer wheel side;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and 1 I Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective detail view of a portion of my wheel.

Similar reference characters refer to simi-' lar parts throughoutthe several views of the drawings.

Referring now morefin detail to the embodiment of my tractor wheel, numeral 10 denotes a hub to'whichisattached at one of its ends a disc 11,while at the other end another disc 12'is secured. Disc 12 is clearly seen from F ig. land is provided with a plurality or yradi'al' slots-13 extending tom practically the outer peripheryof the disc towards but'not quite to'the hub portion of I the disc.

' Connecting the 'twoside discs with each 66 other there is provided a peripheral rim equipped'with diagonally disposed transverse slots indicated'at; 14. These slots 14 communicate with slots 13 of the outer wheel disc by means of pockets or chutes indicated T at 15, the number, of slots in the oute'r'disc 7 corresponding with the, number of slots provided in the rim and the mentioned chutes extending inthe direction of the rim 'slots '14., so that the dirt will be extruded forwardly and laterally. I I v I Extending from the rim outwards, there,

will'f'be' observed traction means 16' in the form'of fii'ghts, the form of which; is essentially Zeshaped. .The' flights are','disposed 7 withtheir longest portions adjacent, to one side of slots 14 provided in the rim, while the ends of the flights are extended peripherally alongside the edgesiof the two wheel discs as clearly seen at" 17 in the drawings. These extensions 17 "are substantially in the plane. of the wheel discs. t

0peratz'0n. 'lhe function of-my tractor wheel is vastly ,diiferent from that of tractor pressed againstthe rim of the wheel,fbut forced into slots 14 and thereby through chutes 15 outwards and on to the side of the wheel. In this manner a tractor equipped with my tractor wheelsmay move continuously without losing traction and with a mini-. mum or practically no accumulation of dirt upon the surface of the tractor wheel. It is obvious that in providing a tractor with my wheels, the non-slotted disc portion of the wheel faces the tractor itself while the slotted disc is facing outwards. Such application prevents pilingup of .dirt' under the tractor or against the tractor machinery which would be inevitable if the discharge of chutes 15 were directed inwards.

Attention is called to the arrangement of slots 14 and flights 16 relative tothe wheel it tions of flights 16 and their adjacent slots 14 wheels used heretofore in that'the dirt is'not are directed outwards so that the earth or mud, engaged by the flights may pass unrestrictedly through the chutes upwards and be discharged in forward direction. If the arrangement of flights 16 and slots 14 would be reversed the mud or earth would be forced directly against the rear walls of the chutes and would have to travel rearwards before discharging. This would cause binding and would require greater force for discharging the earth, resulting in clogging of chutes.

It is essential, therefore that left and righthand tractor wheels are employed and that their flights and slots are disposed in diagonally outward and forward directions.

The hereinabove described construction ad- .mits of considerable modification Without departing from the invention; therefore, it is my wish not to be limited to the precisearrangements shown and described, which are oasaforesaid, by way of illustration merely.

In other words, the scope of protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claim, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

What is claimed is:

In attraction wheel, a hub, a pair of spaced side disks, one disc being secured to the inner end of the hub and the other disc being securedto the outer end of the hub, said last mentioned disc being provided with radial slots, a rim connecting the peripheries of said disks, and provided with diagonally forwardly extending transverse slots corresponding in number to the number of the first mentioned slots, chutes corresponding in direction with the rim slotsoand connecting the rim slots with the disc slots for the purpose of extruding dirt forwardly and laterally, and a plurality of traction flights at the outer periphery of the rim adjacent the rim slots, each flight having circumferentially extending end portions, the number of flights equalling the number of said rim slots.

. In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my signature.

LOEL CLOUD. 

